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Gingrich: GOP needs to be "inclusive"
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Posted on 11/12/2012 10:21:38 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Gingrich: GOP needs to be "inclusive"

In the aftermath of Mitt Romney's presidential loss last week, Newt Gingrich is joining the cadre of Republicans calling for the Republican Party to more actively reach out to a more diverse electorate, arguing on Monday that the party needs to become more "inclusive."

"I think we need to be inclusive, and I emphasize the difference between inclusive and outreach," Gingrich said Monday morning in an appearance on ABC's "The View." "Outreach is when five white guys have a meeting and call you. Inclusive is when you're in the meeting. And I think we have to understand to be inclusive."

Gingrich, who was joined by his wife Callista on the show, argued that Republicans had "misunderstood the American people" in 2012, and that the GOP can't just wait until 2016 to try to broaden its reach.

"The Republican doctrine of highly paid consultants spending hundreds of millions of dollars on 30-second ads doesn't build a party," he said. "The Republican Party better not wait until 2016. The Republican Party better rethink in 2013 how we're going to deal with the country's issues and do it in a way that the average American looks up and says, you know, those are folks I'm willing to trust with my future. We lost that."

He added that "there were a whole series of fundamental things that were really wrong" with how the GOP framed the 2012 election, including the fact that the Obama campaign so successfully appealed to non-white voters.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; gingrich; hispanicvote; outreach; romney2012
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To: MinuteGal

Gingrich, Kristol, etc...they are all progressives...they are just trying to promote the progressive agenda...no surprises. Gingrich knows full well the history of the GOP - he does everything he can to suppress it.

:)


141 posted on 11/12/2012 6:47:51 PM PST by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: newheart
So where exactly do you propose to find new conservatives?

I don't propose to do anything, I will not live through this administration. My fighting days are long past, so I have promoted myself to official carper.

142 posted on 11/12/2012 6:48:41 PM PST by itsahoot (Any enemy, that is allowed to have a King's X line, is undefeatable. (USS Taluga AO-62))
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To: itsahoot
My fighting days are long past, so I have promoted myself to official carper.

Well, it certainly won't be hard to find plenty to carp on.

143 posted on 11/12/2012 7:39:03 PM PST by newheart (The greatest trick the left ever pulled was convincing the world it was not a religion.)
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To: Sub-Driver

The GOP needs to be just like the democrats!

Oh wait...


144 posted on 11/12/2012 7:42:01 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: dfwgator

Romney and McCain didn’t even go on the O’Reilly Factor, also unlike Bush. These were cowardly campaigns with much to be cowardly about. They were flawed candidates from the get-go, with lots of stuff in their history they had to be afraid would come up in any interview. This forced them to play it safe and be on the defensive most of the time which is always a losing position to be in.

We can’t nominate any more RINOs. The base has to be enthusiastic about the candidate from the beginning so that the candidate can spend his time bringing the independents and moderates over to our way of thinking instead of constantly being worried that he’s going to lose the base.

If the party actually signs on to amnesty or tax rate hikes, we’re going to be in major trouble. They’re going to lose the base and we’ll have a repeat of 2006 in 2014. The only thing to do now is to stonewall Obama every step of the way to ensure a repeat of 2010 in 2014. 2016 is going to be difficult again if they nominate Hillary Clinton so we need 2014 to go well.


145 posted on 11/12/2012 10:30:24 PM PST by JediJones (Newt Gingrich warned us that the "King of Bain" was unelectable. Did you listen?)
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To: MinuteGal; carlo3b

What you said, Babe. Yeah ......................................................... FRegards


146 posted on 11/12/2012 11:04:01 PM PST by gonzo ( Buy more ammo, dammit! You should already have the firearms ... FRegards)
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To: Sub-Driver

Some people here fell for your bull droppings, Newt, but I knew you never actually got off that couch with pelosi.


147 posted on 11/12/2012 11:08:05 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: MinuteGal

“We live in Realville, Newt. Pray tell us how to do it without paying tribute to the 47 per centers from our non-existant stashes just to get them to join our efforts to save the nation.”

Bravo, wonderful rant. Dead on. Expert analysis. Well done.


148 posted on 11/13/2012 12:33:03 AM PST by flaglady47 (When the gov't fears the people, liberty; When the people fear the gov't, tyranny.)
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